After multiple days of warm sun, blue bird skies and christmas breakers tearing up the Skyline area, this hike was a bit of a struggle through soft snow. But, I made it to the summit, and the views were spectacular! However, not quite as good the neighboring Tye Peak, which I completed with Redwic 2 days prior :)

Bryan, Skylar and I did Skyline Ridge and Sky Mountain. The fresh snow made the talus and scramble on Skyline more difficult. Returning from Sky Mountain I fell on some slushy snow covering mossy rocks and landed badly on my arm. I felt and heard things happen inside my shoulder. After it happened I quickly lost the use of my left arm. Time will tell how bad the injury is.

This was done as a winter snowshoe. Nice clear day and it was a good time. There were certainly some steep tricky bits and we took a different way down on the return. Lots of people travel up to the lake and then the blocky ridgeline above but after that the crowds had thinned out.

Don't be fooled by the topography shown on maps. There are steeper slopes and more obstacles (such as many trees and boulders) encountered than one might initially anticipate just looking at a map. However, the mountain is definitely non-technical to summit if on-route, and has great views of the surrounding areas.